How is big money shaping big ambitions in global education?

By Beckie Smith. “Everybody everywhere with capital is looking at the education sector, because it has these fundamentally attractive characteristics,” declares Rupert Barclay, managing partner and co-head of the education practice at Cairneagle Associates in the UK. Privately-funded education is a premium product with strong underlying demand driven by expanding middle classes and attractive long-term returns, he observes. More...